“What Sam has proven in the past is that he gets the initial job done, and then he improves the type of football and level of performance as time goes by.

“I would suggest that the sensible thing for Everton to do, unless there is an absolutely perfect candidate out there they think can come in, is to see how the summer transfer window goes with Sam making some of the choices himself.

“Then, give him the season to see if the football can improve and he can do what he did at other clubs.”